Water-motor



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v WATER MOTOR.

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WATER MOTOR. I No. 560,589. Patented May 19, 1896'.

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ALLEN R. LEWIS, OF SHELTON, VASHINGTON.

WATER-MOTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,589, dated May 19,1896.

Application ii'led October 30,1895, I Serial No. 56 7,399. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ALLEN R. LEWIS, a citizen4 of the United States,residing at Shelton, in the county of Mason and State of lVashington,have invented a new and useful wWater-Motor, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to water-motors particularly designed for use inconnection with pump mechanism; and the object in view is to provide afloating motor adapted to be anchored in a stream or body of runningwater and having the pump mechanism supported thereby.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description,and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a motor constructedin accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken parallel with the plane ofFigI 2 and through the pump-cylinder and contiguous parts.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corrcsp onding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The framepof the motor embodies a runway 1, with which communicates aflared chute or mouth 2, a fender 3, which is tapered or V- shaped inplan, being arranged in front of the chute or mouth and consisting of avertical nose-beam 4L, which is connected by fenderrods 5 with the frontedges of the walls 6 forming the chute. A gate 7 is hinged at one edgeto the top of the runway at its front end, and is adapted to occupy avertical position in the throat of the chute to cut oil' the iiow ofwater through the runway, said gate, when the apparatus is in operation,being arranged in a horizontal position and being secured in saidposition by means of a turn-button 8 or its equivalent.

Standards 9 rise from the side walls of the runway for the support ofthe water-wheel 10, which thus operates between the planes of the wallsof the runway, and the trunnions of the water-wheel are fitted withpinions 11, which mesh with gears 12, also mounted upon the standards.

Inlet-openings 13 are formed in the cheeks or walls of the chute 2, saidopenings being provided with gratings or fenders 14 to prevent theentrance of floating articles which may pass between the wider-spacedguard or fender-bars 5, and communicating with the inlet-openings areconductors 15, which communicate with the front sides of pump-cylinders16. These cylinders communicate by means of valved openings 17 andrearwardlyconvergent conductors 18 with a reservoir 19, from which leadsa service-pipe 20.

The plunger-stems are arranged at their upper ends in suitable guides 21near the upper ends of the standards, and are connected by means ofpitmen 22 with the gears l2, whereby vertically-reciprocatory movementis imparted. thereto. In the sides of the conductors 15 are arrangeddoors 23, which may be removed to expose the interiors of saidconductors and thereby allow the cleaning thereof, and an outlet-opening24 in the reservoir 19 is filled with a removable plug 25 for a similarpurpose.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of aparallel-sided runway, a flared chute or mouth communicating with thefront end of the runway and having forwardly-divergent walls, a V-shapedfender arranged in front of the chute or mouth and provided with spacedguard or fender bars, a water-wheel mounted in the runway, cylindersarranged at the sides of the runway and fed by conductors communicatingwith openings in the forwardly-divergent walls of the chute Y or mouth,and plungers arrangedl in the cylinders and operatively connected withthe water-wheel, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a runway having a flared chute or mouth, a gatearranged in the throat of the chute or mouth, means for arranging thegate in its open position, a fender arranged in front ot-the chute ormouth, a water-wheel arranged in the runway, cylinders arranged uponopposite sides of the runway, conductors connecting the cylinders withopenings in the forwardlydivergent IOO Walls of the chute or mouth, seidopenings In testimony that I claim the foregoing :is having fenders,plungers operating in said myown Ihzwe hereto afixed my signature incylinders and operatively connected with the the presence of twowitnesses.

Water-Wheel, ai reservoir having valved e011- ALLEN R. LEWIS. neetionswith the cylinders, and :i serviee- Witnesses pipe in communication withthe rese1Voi1,s11b J. F. RILEY,

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